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May 11, 2025

What If History Were Different By 10 Minutes?

What If History Were Different By 10 Minutes? –

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If the 10 kilometer wide asteroid that hit the Earth 66 million years ago hit just a few minutes later, would the outcome of the living creatures here have been different?

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